tell your endo you wanted to see how the larger dose made you feel since hearing all the steroid hoopla in the media - but that you noticed loss of libido or didn't feel any difference. as already mentioned above docs do like feeling superior (who doesn't) so don't act too knowledgeable (mispronounce estradiol, hematocrit; things we all know frontwards and backwards.) they have their practice to consider losing if there is litigation and
is a primary factor in their low dose decision making. plenty of lawsuits keeping docs uneasy about controlled substance scripts of testosterone. the FDA's insistence testosterone carry a black box warning was a hell of a scare tactic.
always assume endo will do labs and inject low trt dose about three weeks out. also quit AI about two weeks out. but for the primary care physician - office can be called stating you want to know if labs are being taken so as to time injection dose the week or two before, so you're forewarned.
don't anyone kill themselves with too much - but licorice root* lowers level of testosterone somewhat. abusing alcohol high alcohol consumption boosts your aromatase enzymes = higher estradiol and lower T. taking T lab test later in afternoon is a plan (disappear for a couple of hours, just be back before lab closes.) T levels fluctuate and will be lower than when taken at morning appointments. but by how much** always abstain from sex 48 hours before the PSA test is taken. sex with yourself or others can artificially raise your prostate lab levels. don't seduce yourself.
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Testing for testosterone deficiency - things to know about the blood draw